Hi there - I was wondering if you would have any advice for an aspiring young person who wants to write lyrics   Not really my specialty, since I don't write lyrics or sing very well myself. However, I can certainly offer some general advice based on what I've learned and observed from working with […]

I'm really starting to get into remixing, even though I'm not a dance club, DJ type producer.  I certainly don't keep up with modern dance music trends, even though I do enjoy the music.  Instead, what I like to do is to take the songs in a different direction than you would expect for a […]

Want bigger & fuller sounding songs?  Less is More! The biggest problem I encounter with inexperienced artists, producers, and engineers these days is that there is too much of everything.  Too many parts in the song arrangements.  Too many tracks in the recording.  Too many plugins in the mix.  Too many frequencies competing with each […]

This was a reply to a personal e-mail to me from someone (who didn't wish for their e-mail to appear on the site) who wanted to become a songwriter. One of their non music-business friends thought that in order to become a songwriter, they also needed to be a full fledged producer, singer, and recording […]

Recently, someone was thinking about buying a digital recording system and was wondering if he really could get major label quality results from a low budget home studio system.  He was specifically concerned about whether or not he would be able to obtain the "warmth" he was used to from analog recordings with a computer […]